Buckley's Fluffgrass
Tridens buckleyanusnative · Hill Country
Buckley's Fluffgrass is a grass native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 1–2 ft tall and 0.5 ft wide. Blooms green and purple in spring, summer and fall.
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The facts
2 sources- Type
- Grass
- Height
- 1–2 ft
- Spread
- 0.5 ft
- Bloom
- Spring, Summer, Fall · green, purple
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Recorded on limestone, rocky
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Balcones CanyonlandsLlano UpliftEdwards Plateau Woodland
Can you buy it?
Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.